Obsidian has pitched LucasArts on the prospect of creating another RPG based on Star Wars, following their work on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II Ė The Sith Lords, a sequel to BioWare's prequel role-playing game. EA's use of The Old Republic setting seems an obstacle to revisiting that setting, but Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart tells Rock, Paper, Shotgun: "Thereís a lot of different eras in Star Wars, and thatís what we would focus on." He goes on to describe the time period they envisioned when they pitched the game to LucasArts. "We pitched a between-Episode III and Episode IV game," he explains. "Because we think that timeframe is super interesting. Itís the fall of the Republic, the extermination of the Jedi, itís Obi-Wan going off and making sure Luke is OK. You have the Sith, but you have the extermination of all Force users except for very, very few. So it was an interesting time to set a game, and you know, Chris Avellone came up with a really cool story." A complication is that Disney's acquisition of LucasArts took place since that pitch, but Urquhart hopes this is all still in play, expressing confidence in what he calls one of the "top three pitches weíve ever come up with," saying LucasArts was very enthusiastic, and that it's "something weíre still hoping for, even with the Disney/Lucas stuff going on."

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NegaDeath wrote on Feb 8, 2013, 14:32:The best representation of a lightsaber I ever saw in a game was Jedi Outcast with realistic saber combat turned on. Made the game too easy but damn that was fun. It slices, it dices, it cooks at the same time!